The Summer Academic Enrichment Program is a small part of an overall academic
success program at UMKC Law School. The School of Law is committed to its
students' success. Although the study of law is a difficult and challenging
endeavor, the school attempts to work with students to maximize their efforts
and see them through the process successfully.
The Summer Academic Enrichment Program is held immediately prior to
orientation. Students participating in the summer program may follow up during
the academic year with weekly group meetings focusing on learning styles,
learning strategies, time management and development of skills necessary for
law school success.
Students meet approximately eight hours a day for five days. Each day focuses
on a "stage" of law school learning : orientation, preparing for
class, class, after-class review, preparing for exams & taking exams. The
skills of reading, writing and thinking at each of these stages is addressed
through simulated classes, direct teaching of study skills, written and oral
exercises, and individual meetings with students. Students work with Professor
Glesner Fines's Law School Materials for Success and cases and statutes
designed according to the subject matter areas of the participating faculty.
Law
School Materials for Success
2009
Summer Academic Enrichment Schedule
Suggested
books for pre-law reading
If you are a student enrolling in the 2009-10 entering class of UMKC Law School
and would like more information about this program, email Professor
Weddle or Dean
Glesner Fines with your name, address, phone number (summer) and a brief
statement of the reasons for your interest in participating in the program.
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